Locomotive-tender tank



May 8, 1928.

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Filed April 14. 1927 4 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented May 8, 192%.

Nunirse Eismann moxnn, or coLLmeswoon, New JERSEY.

Vnocoiirofrrvn.linnnnen TANK.

Application mea April' 14,

One object of my invention is to simplify the construction of locomotivetenderI tanks.

A. further object of the invention is to reduce the number of rivetsrequired.

And a still further object is to make thev bottom plate of the tendertank in a single piece iianged at each side.

In rthe accompanying drawing:

Fig. l is a side view of my improved tender tank;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 22, Fig. l; f

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 2;

Fig. t is a view of the forward end of the tank;

Fig. 5 is a view of the rear end of the tank;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line (3(5, Fig. 2; and

Fig. 7 is a side View of the tank showing the collar extending to theforward end of the tank.

The tender tank l is made of sheet metal, and has the usual watercompartment 2 and the fuel compartment 3.

The bottom It of the tank in the present instance is made in a singlepiece. The sides of the bottom plate are bent upwards to form flangesfla, and the plate is preferably cut out under the fuel space, but insome instances the plate may form the bottom of the fuel space as wellas the bottom of the water space.

The flanges (tu of the bottom plate Vare scarfed in the present instanceand lit under the lower edges of the side plates 5, which are bentoutwards to fit the scarfed edge of the bottom plate. .f

The side plates extend to the top of the tank, and as shown in Fig. lextend above the top to form a collar 6 at the coal. section, but thecollar may be extended to the back of the tank as shown at 6a in Fig,'2' if desirecl.

The top plate is preferably made from asingle sheet of metal out out forthe fuel compartment of the tank.` The top plate is secured to thesideplates by angle strips as shown in Fig. 6 which are riveted to bothplates.

The rear end 8 of the tank is made in a single piece flanged on all fouredges 9. The anges fit within the space formed by the bottom plate andits iianges, the side plates, and the top plate as shown in Fig. 5.

1927,v serial No. 183,785.

The fuel compartment 3 is separated from the water compartment 2 byverticalside plates l0 and an end transverse platell. The vertical sideplates are secured to the top and bottom plates in the present instanceby angle strips as shown in Fig. 6, but other means of securing theplates together mayk be used if desired.

The plate 1l flanged as at l2 and 13, andthe flanges are riveted to themain plates of the tank.V The transverse plate 11 may be vertical asshown in Fig. 3 or inclined as at 1l, Fig. 7.

The two forward ends of the tank are formed of oblong die-formed sheets14 flanged on all four sides, the Hanges fitting within the spacebetween the bottom and top plates and the twovertieal plates 5 and l()and are riveted to said plates.

Then the collar extends to the rear end of the tank, as shown in Fig. 7,the rear end plate El21 is not ianged at the upper edge but extendsupwardly to form the rear portion of the collar.

This construction enables the manufacturer to rivet or weld the severalplates of the tank together, dispensing with the large number of rivetsusually employed in the manufacture of tender tanks. By making thebottom plate in a single piece and turning up the edges thereof, a verysubstantial structure is produced and leakageat the bottom of the tankis avoided.

Suitable stays and braces of the usual type may be employed to reinforcethe tank if necessary, and swash plates may be provided. These elementshave been omitted from the drawings as they form no part of the presentinvention. v

Vhile the invention is especially designed as a tender tank, it will beunderstood that rit may be employed inother types of tanks withoutdeparting from the invention.

I claim:

l. The combination in a tank, of a bottom bottom plate and securedthereto and te the top plate; and flanged pressed sheet metal endsections secured to the sides, bottomand top plates.

3. The combination n a tender tank, of a bottom plate anged at eachside, tbe-side edges being scar'fed; `side plates extending over theupturned seerted edges of the bottom plate and bent at tbe loWel` edgeto conform to the scarf; a. top plate; and anged end plate.

Il. The combination in a tender tank, of a bottom plate turned up ateach side and made in a single peee out out at the fuel space;` sideplates secured to the turned up sides of the bottom plate and tothe topplate, the side plates and a. transverse plate Vbeing secured to the topvand bottom plate;

ELMER E. HICKEN.

